Yeah, I also thought that it would be that scene in Toni Erdmann, but I can see why somebody who choose the one mentioned above as the standout one. Which just goes to show how many great scenes that movie actually had.

That, and the frankly so obviously-great-that-you-wonder-why-nobody-has-done-it-before idea of framing the hero's journey as a road trip not only makes this the first Final Fantasy game ever that I am interested in, but makes me seriously consider buying a PS4. (I think that The Last Guardian might push me over the…

I'm also intrigued by it, even though so far, I was more easily endeared to music that is related to the genre in strange but obvious ways. M83, or the (more aggressive?) synthwave that someone like Carpenter Brut produces, or the at once more etheral and darker sound of Oneohtrix Point Never's last two albums. (Which…

Even though I don't have a four day-weekend, I might get to play a few games! Namely, Owlboy and a variant of the goold old Trick Your Friends In Thinking You're A Better Writer Than Nabokov But Don't Get Tricked Yourself!-parlor game.

Fun fact: There was a Swiss politician who wanted to ban violent video games. His go to-example for what is wrong with the medium was Stranglehold, which was really not the best of choices, considering the fact that it is simply a toned-down adaption of a kind of movie that is even more violent. (Needless to say, no…

I'd say that Hana-Bi might be a good start. It has one foot in his more violent cop thriller/action movie-line, but the other in the bittersweetness and human warmth that I love about other movies of his, like A Scene at The Sea or Kikujiro. Basically, you get the best of two worlds, and it's a really great movie as…

DO IT, AVClub.

Yeah, I was pretty happy that he was mentioned in the article as maybe the only legitimate heir of Woo's throne.
I have to admit that I discovered the classic Woo movie's a bit late, at a time when the obvious use of prosthetics and the overall late 80s feeling was already a bit distracting.
So in my strange opinion, I…

There's a scene in The End of The Tour where David Lipsky, David Foster Wallace and two friends decide to go see Broken Arrow, because Wallace insists on doing so over the reluctance of the others. (He's overtly enthusiastic by how Travolta's character is impaled by a rocket at the end of the movie.)

Congratulations to everyone!

Ok, I just added you as a friend. Different name, but an avatar that looks a bit like this one. We'll work out the rest from there!

Also, great beginning, with the guy just casually going about his business (I imagine him whistling under his breath even before Burt hits it off), like, totally, nothing to see here, before he enters the building.

*Edit* Ah, sod it. I'll just keep it short:

Yeah, the localization for the Persona games is stellar.

Yeah, at first, I thought that this might be not half-bad an idea — train dogs to do things they are not great at! Hilarity ensues!

I found myself unwilling to play anything with violence in it this week, but I also fought that a nice, colorful game could do some good — and I also bought Owlboy. I also only just concluded the first 'chapter', but it definitely radiates a lot of love, and the care put into it is visible on the surface level, too —…

Saint's Row is actually the only game series where I really, really cared about character creation, too. (Maybe it's because it let's you do absolutely everything?)

Unfortunately, that's not true. It's one of the most effective strategies of all right-wing populists everywhere.

Yeah, and I'm honestly not sure how to get my head around that. I mean, if your fatalist leaning, this election has proven a shitload of scary things. (Being a decent human being doesn't matter. Knowing what you're talking about doesn't matter. Facts don't matter. Truth doesn't matter. The opinion of experts doesn't…

I know, right?! I recently even tried to find out how to turn off that ticker in Steam, but, needless to say, even though it should be a totally mandatory option, it's impossible to do (without going offline, which comes with a whole bunch of other disadvantages).